Descending into the Dungeon

Descending into the dungeon, the party found itself confronted with a room with letters on the floor, as shown below
GOHEN
ORARE
HAZAH
ERARO
NEHOG
The party entered from the east and began to cross at random locations. The following positives and negatives were given to the first to cross over each name.
GOHEN: +1 to the skill of your choice
ORARE: Character gains darkvision
HASAH: Permanent +2 to Hit Points
ERARO: -1 to the skill of your choice
NEHOG: Permanent -2 to Hit Points

Moving to the west, 4 prison cells were encountered. Located in one was Gaston Amber, very quiet and quite insane. In another, a large minotaur turned out to an illusion. The other 2 appeared empty, however, an invisible stalker was hiding in one. He followed the party until an opportune time presented itself for an attack.

Continuing to the south, the party found a large room full of iridescent liquids. 4 inanimate men stood guard in the corner. This was one of several encounters I felt didn't need to be included, so I removed it. After exploring the room, little of value was discovered. However, Alexander felt the need to decapitate one of the inanimate guards and throw the head in one of the vats.